Decompression strategy

Decompression strategy.
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What we often don’t talk about is that this profession can be extremely taxing. Not just physically, but mentally and emotionally as well. This career path is driven by passion, which means coaches put everything they have into their program and athletes, even if the financial return seems lopsided at times.
Coaches work extremely long hours, place high demands of activity on their bodies and even higher demands of stress on their minds. We are emotionally involved in every single person that does a single rep or set under our care. Not a lot of people on the outside of the industry know just how many things a strength coach may be juggling within their role.
Some of my good friends in this industry have had to hang up the whistle over the years due to the highly strenuous nature of our field. And it should NOT be this way. We get into this industry to help others and often lose sight of the fact that we need to also take care of ourselves. You can’t pour from an empty cup. If you’re physically and mentally drained, you can’t be happy within your own day-to-day life, let alone pour more of yourself into the lives of so many other athletes that depend on you.
Everyone’s life and situation is unique, so there are no set rules to this side of training. What I can do is share five really helpful things that have helped me over the years in avoiding burnout, staying fully engaged in my craft, and continuing to love my job every single day.
I’m a husband, father of two, business owner, and team strength coach. I’d be lying if I said sometimes I didn’t get overwhelmed, but these five things below have always helped me to find level ground and continue to be my best self daily.
Train
This may seem obvious, but you’d be surprised how many lightbulbs are going off in readers’ heads right now. One of the absolute best forms of stress reduction is exercise. As a coach, we should already be practicing what we preach to some degree but an additional benefit of that is the reduction of stress through physical activity.
Many strength coaches probably fell in love with the gym before they figured out how to leverage their training hobby into a full-time career. Training is the roots to why or how we got into this field, but so many coaches abandon those roots. Even worse, they use the same excuses to not lift that we would ridicule our athletes for.
Bottom line: No matter how much stress or pressure you feel, just know that the iron barbell will always have a positive effect on your life. No one has ever worked out and said, “Wow, I wish I didn’t just do that. I’m so stressed now.”
Additionally, the recovery from your training can be equally as relaxing. Aside from sleep and sound nutrition, we also have access to incredible recovery techniques that have benefits spanning beyond physical returns. Some of the things I’ve tried and enjoyed include:

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  Sensory Deprivation Tanks
  
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  Game Ready and/or Normatec Boots
  
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  Meditation apps
  
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  Hypnosis
  
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  IV Therapy
  
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  Massage, cupping, RPR, dry needling, etc.
  

The list goes on and on. The key is to find things you enjoy (and that actually work) so that you can adhere to them and continue to keep your mind and body in a good place.